The Beauty in Swamps

Less than a mile to the north and east, people drive unknowingly past this secluded dark and serene location in the swamp. They are preoccupied with their lives, giving little notice to this waterlogged realm, perhaps only glancing over occasionally with disinterest at the tangled world of trees, vines and shrubs along the road. But swamps hide an incredible, complex world where trillions upon trillions of living organisms live their lives in secret on the flooded forest vegetation, in the dark water and in the thick black muck under it all. 

We are forever dependent on the wetlands that fringe the North Landing River, and all of the trees, shrubs and vegetation found in the swamps, pocosins, and marshes in our corner of the Americas. These wetlands provide habitat and refuge for uncounted species, store carbon in the peat found throughout the drainage basin, provide protection from stormwaters, filter the pollutants that our standard of living creates, and produces the very oxygen we breathe. This particular swamp provides me with a haven removed from our modern way of life.

Schedule your ecotour with Moore To See Photo Expeditions to explore this environmental wonderland.